Excellent Birding Sites
by Ytra Lón Farm & Retreat · Sightseeing day tours · Vatnajökull & Jökulsárlón
from €132 per person
No published departures in the coming months — ask us
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Duration
2 hours and 30 minutes
Difficulty
Very easy
Season
All year
Starts in
Thorshofn
Pickup
Meet at the start point
Starts at
Ytra Lón, Þórshöfn
Guide
Guided in English, Icelandic, Dutch
Departs
20:00
Cancellation
Free until departure
About this experience
Description from the operator, Ytra Lón Farm & Retreat. Prices and availability in the booking panel are live.
Where you go
- Excellent Birding Sites
Included
Good to know
Please bring warm clothes, hats and gloves and good hiking boots.
Cancellation for this tour
Free cancellation until departure. If the operator cancels for weather or safety, you get a full refund or a new date.
Sold out on your date?
Seats come back — a cancellation, or the operator adding a vehicle. Tell us the date and we will check once a day and email you if one opens. One email, then we delete the address; nothing else is ever sent to it.
Why we list it
Ytra Lón Farm & Retreat is one of 208 operators we work with — chosen for reliability, honest descriptions and how they treat guests when weather changes plans. We don't list everything; we list what we'd book ourselves. The six checks every operator passes →
Read before you book
- Sightseeing flight in Iceland: plane or helicopter?A small plane costs about half as much per minute as a helicopter and covers more ground. Pay for the helicopter only when you want the landing.
Reviews from our travellers
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Reviews arrive the day after each trip — none yet for this one. After your tour we send one email asking how it was, and what you write goes here, unedited.
Stay near the start
Rooms near Skaftafell, checked live for the night before your tour.
Hotels
Where to stay for this tour
From the cheapest to the top end of what is near Skaftafell, from our hotel partners. Rooms are booked on our hotels site.
One checkout, any number of operators
Rankings are not for sale
207 operators vetted, and not all of them accepted
If it falls short, we fix it
Pairs well with
Add any of these to this tour and 3 % comes off both at checkout — about €9 on the cheapest pair. One basket, one payment, however many operators they come from.
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